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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

144 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 144 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK CONTINUES TO INDICATE 

THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR IN 

NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP TO THE WEST AND MOVE OVER CALHOUN COUNTY THIS MORNING. THIS 

WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. 



&&



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ACROSS THE ROAD...TURN

AROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT TWO FEET OF

MOVING WATER TO CARRY A VEHICLE DOWNSTREAM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT

TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY

WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.



LAT...LON 3327 9242 3329 9245 3331 9243 3333 9251

          3344 9269 3364 9272 3372 9257 3379 9257

          3379 9234 3346 9231 3336 9237 3327 9239



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